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Example 17-95
À giv dì man nyam.
À
1sg
.
sbj
giv
give
dì
art
.
def
man
man
nyam.
yam
I gave the man yams.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 59
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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